Annoyed at calling it a fight?

[u/Rachel21321]

Anyone else thankful but also get annoyed when people call you a fighter or this cancer a fight or that you are so brave? I don’t think I am any of those things. I am doing what I need to do to get better. It doesn’t feel like anything I’m really doing is “fighting” or “brave” or even changing the situation aside from making decisions. It feels like these steps I take either work or they don’t but not through much conscious fault of my own. To me it just feels like this shitty thing to hopefully get through.

[u/Bermuda_Breeze]

I say “thanks but I don’t really see it as a fight. In my mind it’s more like <…>.

I personally describe my experiences as a journey, but I know others don’t like that word. Which is ok, I don’t assume they share my words for their experience.